Short Term Course CRYOGENIC AIR SEPARATION AND OXYGEN SAFETY – 2011 At IIT Kharagpur

Short Term Course CRYOGENIC AIR SEPARATION AND OXYGEN SAFETY – 2011 At IIT Kharagpur

Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (WB) 721 302, INDIA
Cryogenic Engineering Centre

Announces

A 7-day 56-hour Training Programme for Engineers
CRYOGENIC AIR SEPARATION AND
OXYGEN SAFETY – 2011 (Open Course)

Date: February 16 - 22, 2011 (Wednesday - Tuesday)

Course Outline:

Cryogenic Air Separation topics: 1. Introduction to Air Separation, 2. Properties of solids and fluids at
Cryogenic temperatures (with reference to Cryogenic safety, wherever applicable). Use of Tables and Charts, 3.
Cryogenic Insulations, Storage and transport vessels & vacuum insulated piping, 4. Oxygen Cylinder filling
calculations, 5. Cryogenic and Air Separation Plant Safety, 6. Psychrometric Processes: Water separation on
compression, Moisture Load on mol Sieves, Design and operation of WN2-Water tower and Cooling Tower, 7.
Fluid Flow and Pressure Drop: relationship with viscosity, velocity, diameter etc., 8. Heat Transfer Concepts
and Equations, Heat Exchangers, Intercoolers, Aftercoolers, Oil-coolers, Cryogenic Heat Exchangers (PFHE):
performance evaluation, operation, and protection, 9. Compression Process, Positive Displacement and
Centrifugal Compressors and their characteristics, 10. Conventional Refrigeration Processes : Ammonia, R-22
and R-11, 11. Removal of CO2, moisture and hydrocarbons: Mol-Sieve Adsorption, 12. Cryogenic Liquefaction
Cycles : Linde Cycle, Claude Cycle and their derivatives, 13. Cryogenic Distillation, 14. Air Separation Plant
Configurations, 15. Intricacies of Argon separation, Effect of excess liquid or excess gas draw on product
purity, packed column versus sieve trays, 16. Mass Balance and Energy Balance in an Air Separation Plant.
Safety Topics: 1. General Concepts of Fire triangle. 2. Characterization of materials (metals and non-metals)
along with data such as Oxygen Index, Heat of Combustion etc. and effects of pressure, temperature, humidity
etc on them. 3. Ignition mechanism and the mitigation: Adiabatic Compression, External Friction, Mass Impact,
Particle Impact, Static Electricity, Resonance in Cavities, Internal Friction etc. 4. Selection of Materials: Metals
and Non-metals. 5. System or Component Design based on the Critical Operating Parameters. 6. Examples of
Analyses of Designs of special components: Valves, Pipelines, Bends, Filters, regulator. 7. International Safety
Codes and Standards.

Faculty:
Dr. Kanchan Chowdhury, Professor of Cryogenic Engineering Centre at Indian Institute of
Technology, Kharagpur will serve as the core faculty.

Eligibility:
Engineers with degrees in any branch of engineering are eligible. Experience in industry or R&D
laboratory is not essential for engineers. M. Sc., B. Sc. or Diploma holders with relevant experience in
Air Separation may be allowed.

Venue of Lectures:
Visveswaraya Guest House Lecture Room,
Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur 721302

Class Schedule:
Dates: February 16 - 22, 2011 (Wednesday - Tuesday) (No rest day)

Sponsors may please note:
a) Please inform the candidate that he/she should bring a scientific calculator to the classroom
without fail.
b) Please give a photocopy of this brochure to the prospective participant as soon as he/she is
nominated by the company and please tell them to contact the coordinator directly via e-mail.
Timing : Classes will begin at 9 AM sharp. There will be breaks for lunch and coffee. Classes will
end at 6 PM everyday. There will be net 8 hour interaction every day. The course is a 56-hour
program.

Registration:
A fixed number of participants would be accommodated into this course on first-pay-first-serve
basis.
For participants from within India, the course fee is INR 33,000.00 (Indian Rupees Thirty-three
Thousand only), which may be sent as demand draft on any bank at Kharagpur or at par cheque in
favour of 'CEP-STC, IIT Kharagpur' in full.
For participants coming from outside India, course fee is US$ 850 (US Dollar Eight Hundred Fifty
only), which may be sent as bank draft in favour of 'CEP-STC, IIT Kharagpur' on any bank in India.
Bank transfer would also be accepted for all participants: both from within and outside India.
A scanned copy of the bank transfer document may be sent as proof of payment.
Bank details: (a) Name of Beneficiary: Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, PIN: 721 302, West
Bengal, India; (b) Name of Bank : Syndicate Bank, IIT-SRIC Extension, Kharagpur 721302; (c)
Account Name: CEP-STC, IIT Kharagpur; (d) Account Number: 9556 220 000 2955; (e) Bank Swift
Code: SYNBINBB 120. All Bank charges are to be borne by the company.
The Course fee includes bound lecture notes, working lunch and tea/coffee provided during the course.

Information Required for Registration for all participants:
Name, Designation/Responsibility, Name and Address of Company, Phone (Off), Phone (Res), Phone
(Mobile), Fax, E-mail, Date of Birth, Highest Academic Qualification, Nationality, Demand Draft or
bank transfer details and Amount, Requirement for Guest House room and type.

Additional Information Required for Registration of Participants holding Foreign Passports:

The following additional information may be provided for all participants holding foreign passports:
Name, Fathers name, Nationality, Date of Birth, Place of birth, Number, Date and Place of Issue of
Passport, Current Residential Address, Permanent Residential Address, Profession, Place of
Employment, Academic Credentials. Please use for separate pages for each participant.

Accommodation:

Appropriate number of rooms have been blocked at the New Technology Guest House. Single
occupancy in a double-bedded room (AC) (Rs. 800 / person per day), Double occupancy in a doublebedded
room (AC) (Rs. 600 / person per day) and Suites (AC, with a big bed in one room and sofa set
and fridge in another) (Rs. 1,500 / room per day) are available. All rooms have TV and internet
facility. Please specify the type of room to be booked.
Charges for the boarding and lodging should be paid by the participants directly to the Guest House.

General Information:

IIT is located about 6 km from the Kharagpur Railway Station. Kharagpur, 116 km from Calcutta, is
conveniently connected to Howrah (Kolkata) by many local trains every hour and also by express trains.
Kharagpur has direct rail links to most major cities in India. Those travelling by air may hire a taxi from
Calcutta airport, which would bring you to IIT Campus at Kharagpur (145 km one way) within 2.5 hours. The
minimum charge is about Rs. 2,500. Rickshaws (Rs.50), Autorickshaws (Rs. 70) and Taxis (Rs. 100) are
available to come from Kharagpur Railway Station to IIT campus. Weather at Kharagpur would be pleasant in
February. Please contact Damodar Maity of Saraj Travels (+91 9434146359, +91 3222 277015) for travelrelated
help. You may request him to send a vehicle to Kolkata airport to pick you up.

Please Fax /Mail / E-mail the Information to:

Professor Kanchan Chowdhury
Cryogenic Engineering Centre
Indian Institute of Technology
Kharagpur 721 302, West Bengal, India
Phone (Off) : (03222) 283582; Country Code for India: 91
Phone (Res) : (03222) 283583 / 277420
Mobile : 94340 10442
Fax : (03222) 255303 / 282258
e-mail : cryogenic.engineering.centre@gmail.com
Copy to : chowdhury.kanchan@gmail.com

REGISTRATION CLOSES ON: FEBRUARY 01, 2011

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